MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) previously reported all five matchups, all of which except Jung vs. Roop are slated for the Versus-televised main card.

“From top to bottom, this card is stacked with Fight-of-the-Year-caliber matchups,” WEC General Manager Reed Harris stated. “In addition to having a title fight, a grudge match and a bantamweight war, this card features warriors like Garcia, Hominick and ‘The Korean Zombie.’ These guys have all been in some of the most memorable fights in WEC history. Now, they have a chance to put on epic fights in front of the great Colorado fans.”

Tickets for the event go on sale this Saturday, July 31, though a pre-sale starts Thursday for WEC.tv newsletter subscribers.

The title fight marks Aldo’s second title defense. He won the belt from Mike Brown at WEC 44 and then edged Urijah Faber via decision in his first defense of the belt at WEC 48. He puts a 10-fight win streak on the line against Gamburyan, who earned a title shot with consecutive WEC wins over John Franchi, Leonard Garcia and Brown.

Varner and Cerrone, meanwhile, meet for the first time since their initial meeting at WEC 38. Varner was the lightweight champ at the time, and in a bout that earned “Fight of the Night” honors, Cerrone proved an able challenger. However, Cerrone connected on an illegal knee to the head in the fifth round, and with Varner unable to continue, the fight went to the scorecards. Varner earned the technical-split-decision win via scores of 49–46, 47–48 and 49–46.

The latest WEC 51 card now includes:

MAIN CARD

Champ Jose Aldo vs. Manny Gamburyan (for featherweight title)

Donald Cerrone vs. Jamie Varner

Miguel Torres vs. Charlie Valencia

Leonard Garcia vs. Mark Hominick

PRELIMINARY CARD

Chan Sung Jung vs. George Roop

Chris Horodecki vs. Ed Ratcliff*

Tyler Toner vs. TBA*

* – Not officially announced

For the latest on WEC 51, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.

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